Myford 254S Lead screw lever issue

[alan1bParticipant @alan1b]

Good morning all,

I am new to this forum and would appreciate any help on this.

I have inherited a Myford 254S lathe from my father who had this lathe from new on which it was used extensively whilst building a 5″” gauge B1 loco. Its 90% finished and I am hoping to get it completed in his memory. It’s now in my workshop, and I am in the process of setting it up and going through the tooling he had.

The only issue I have is that I cannot get the lower lead screw lever to engage?

I have tried everything I’ve read, and gone through the original manual, but had no luck. It doesn’t appear jammed as there is slight up and down movement. page 18 (9)

Has anyone had this issue before?

Myford cannot offer any help!

Many thanks.

Alan

 

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